English
manshiply
Manshiply comes from Middle English manshiply ‘honorably, faithfully’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manshiply‘honorably, faithfully’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manshiply‘honorably, faithfully’
- Englishtodaysame form
Formed from manship + -ly
Proto-West Germanic *mannskapi ‘humanness, humanity’
Old English mansċipe ‘humanity, courtesy’
Middle English manship ‘position of honor’
English manship
Every English word from Middle English manshiply
Today it means
adv manly, honorably, faithfully; good qualities of a man; in a courtly, polite manner
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English manshiply / manshiply